VENOMOUS in a Sentence

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36 example sentences for VENOMOUS, such as:

1. Lisa shot him a venomous glance.
2. There was real venom in her voice.
3. He heaped abuse on Waite and made venomous personal attacks.
4. The snake injects the venom immediately after biting its prey.
5. The box jellyfish is widely considered the most venomous creature in the world.

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 Meanings and Examples of VENOMOUS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
venomous
 a.  poisonous; secreting and transmitting venom; marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
Classic Sentence: (27 in 2 pages)
1  I struck him down with no more compunction than if he had been some foul and venomous beast.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
2  I said nothing in reply, but turned my face to the wall, sick at heart, with my mind filled with a thousand venomous doubts and suspicions.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. The Adventure of The Yellow Face
3  He slunk away with a livid face and two venomous eyes which uttered more threats than his tongue could do.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. The Adventure of The "Gloria Scott"
4  She was dry, rough, peevish, sharp, captious, almost venomous; all this in memory of her monk, whose widow she was, and who had ruled over her masterfully and bent her to his will.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VIII—MADAME VICTURNIEN EXPENDS THIRTY FRANCS ON M...
5  There was no mercy for her; a fierce mistress and venomous master.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—TWO COMPLETE PORTRAITS
6  But by the side of and above the philosophers, there were the sophists, a venomous vegetation mingled with a healthy growth, hemlock in the virgin forest.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS
7  As food and clothing grew scarcer and prices rose higher and higher, the public outcry against the speculators grew louder and more venomous.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
8  She thought of Tara and remembered Jonas Wilkerson, venomous as a rattler, at the foot of the front steps, and she grasped at the last straw floating above the shipwreck of her life.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
9  The king's son ascended, but instead of finding his dearest Rapunzel, he found the enchantress, who gazed at him with wicked and venomous looks.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In RAPUNZEL
10  "Why, so as not to lay waste the country we were abandoning to the enemy," said Prince Andrew with venomous irony.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXV
11  Through the obscurity which hid their faces their thoughts seemed to dart at each other like serpents shooting venom.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
12  The old lady cackled, as if she were amused by her words, despite the venom in them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
13  "Bring him in, Captain Butler," she called in a clear tone that bit with venom.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
14  "I'll bet the other ladies ain't grateful to me," said Belle with sudden venom.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
15  "But," she added with quiet venom, "I'm going to show India and Mrs. Elsing what's what."
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LV
Example Sentence:
1  The box jellyfish is widely considered the most venomous creature in the world.
2  With fangs one and a quarter-inch-long, this viper is one of the most venomous snakes in the world.
3  It appears to be a fact that the bite of the tarantula is not more venomous than that of other large spiders.
4  He heaped abuse on Waite and made venomous personal attacks.
5  Lisa shot him a venomous glance.
6  There was real venom in her voice.
7  The snake injects the venom immediately after biting its prey.
8  The insect inserts the stinger into the skin and a venom is released into the surrounding tissue.
9  Swooping in for the hunt, the long-eared bat takes on the deadly deathstalker scorpion on foot;this scorpion's venom is so strong it is capable of killing a human.